martin luther king

According to Dr. Martin Luther King, " The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically".

In 1947, when Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.A was only 18 years old, wrote a short essay in 'The Maroon Tiger', the Morehouse College campus newspaper. The article was titled, "The Purpose of Education." This powerfully worded piece argues that we must not confuse education with knowledge. Education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education makes a man more efficient in his life and at the same time it helps him to make a culturally rich society. A true education helps a man to think critically and incisively. The purpose of education is not to equip us with the proper instruments of exploitation so that we can forever trample over the masses. Intelligence plus character should be the true goal of education.

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Here is a picture of Jean-Bertrand Aristide being considered as one of the legends in the world. In this picture, he is being compared with people such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Gandhi. He was the former president of Haiti, received three coup d'etat and was forced into exile on two occasions. The last one was in South Africa where Aristide spent seven years in exile

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Here is Mayor Andre Pierre, mayor of North Miami, participating in a Matin Luther King Parade in Miami. This parade took place on the day of the holiday. Many people attended

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